APRIL 24 Sunday - Introduction to WISDOM SCIENCE Institute

@ Golden Gate School of Feng Shui - Berkeley, CA

Registration and Tickets available at:
http://www.fengshuischool.com/wisdom_science.php

- the first in a series about the influence of the Wisdom Traditions of Asia
on the development of science.

Everyone has heard of shamanism (shaman is a Siberian term), Buddhism
(mostly the form derived from India) and Daoism (China's home-grown
religion) ... maybe also Confucianism, Shinto, Bon and Central Asian
Buddhism - we think of these as the various traditions of Asia but they
represent only the religious manifestations of a single Wisdom Tradition
that has not only created religious expressions but also systems of
divination, medicine and science. As Joseph Needham (of Cambridge
University) has shown, it may be that Asia is home of the notion of
"scientific investigation and experimentation". In fact, the glamorous
presentations of Asian religious practice show only a small part of what
makes Asia's Wisdom Tradition great. ... Liu Ming

9am- Noon The Basic Cosmology that Informs all Asian Science and Religion
($25)

This morning's talk will explore and compare the cosmology of the Asian
Wisdom Tradition and its lucid non-theistic premise with the modern "Science
versus Religion" dilemma in the modern West.

2-5pm The Dream of WISDOM SCIENCE Institute – Liu Ming will share his dream
of creating an academy of science that continues and expresses the Wisdom
Traditions of Asia. (FREE)

I believe the time has come for us to stop thinking East vs West and Science
vs Religion and look hard at what can inspire and sustain what is best in
our human experience. To that end I am exploring the possibility of creating
an academy of ancient science whose curriculum (and international faculty)
can address the dwindling resources of "modernity" with a meaningful and
practical dose of the Wisdom Tradition of Asia. Please join us if you wish
to contribute to and/or participate in this dream.